I'm sorry... maybe I should just stop going to work, fake a disablitly, collectSSI and food stamps... get a pell grant to go to college cuz I'm poor ,live onHUD or Section 8 housing... and let the tax payers cater to my needs... ohyeah, and I will get a privacy manager so bill collectors can't call me, andcontribute to an increase of 20% on consumer goods and services...

On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, Kent Williams wrote:>> >> On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, DJ XXXXX wrote:>> Ok....>>>> Tax cuts to the upper class / priveledged class cause economic growth...>> Sure you could give the lower middle class breaks but what stimulation>> would that cause... Someone being able to afford an extra 6 pack of natural>> ice and an extra trip to the bowling alley per month is not going to bring>> us out of a recession. When the rich and big business get tax cuts and more>> ride offs, they tend to increase there work force, buy new cars etc...>> A lot of economists -- i.e. those who aren't just mouthpieces for the> Republicans -- think precisely the opposite -- any money you give back to> lower-income people is going to be spent immediately, whereas more> well-to-do people already spend as much as they want anyway.>> The real purpose of the tax cuts, as near as I can figure out, is simply> to force the Congress to cut more services for the poor and vulnerable.> Big businesses already get more welfare from the government than goes to> poor people, and corporate subsidies and tax breaks NEVER get cut.